Shutdown messages not showing up in operator log

For some reason, shutdown messages have stopped showing up in the
operator logs.

OpenVMS v7.3-2 (some patches, not the latest though)

It was working a month or so ago (the exact date escapes me at the
moment) but then it has stopped. I haven't found anything that has
changed around the effected date. The system is rebooted on a weekly
basis, and currently it doesn't seem to be executing the syshutdwn.com
file either.

It seems the system shuts down OK. But there are no messages at the
end of the operator log, just the lastest timestamp message.

It's really wierd.

Any thoughts/guesses would be appreciated...

Thanks,

Lyndon

In article <3ac56e6f-0ac6-4fad-96f2-04da84a68feb@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, [email]lyndonbartels@yahoo.com[/email] writes:[color=blue]
> For some reason, shutdown messages have stopped showing up in the
> operator logs.
>
> OpenVMS v7.3-2 (some patches, not the latest though)
>
> It was working a month or so ago (the exact date escapes me at the
> moment) but then it has stopped. I haven't found anything that has
> changed around the effected date. The system is rebooted on a weekly
> basis, and currently it doesn't seem to be executing the syshutdwn.com
> file either.[/color]

I'd double check that no-one has foolishly messed with
sys$system:shutdown.com. I'd turn on verify in syshutdwn.com to
see if it's starting and failing. And I'd look for new DCL symbols
in the user's login.com and/or sylogin.com (for whichever user is
doing the shutdown).

I assume you are seeing the messages on the console and connected
terminal sessions.

[email]lyndonbartels@yahoo.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
>
> For some reason, shutdown messages have stopped showing up in the
> operator logs.
>
> OpenVMS v7.3-2 (some patches, not the latest though)
>
> It was working a month or so ago (the exact date escapes me at the
> moment) but then it has stopped. I haven't found anything that has
> changed around the effected date. The system is rebooted on a weekly
> basis, and currently it doesn't seem to be executing the syshutdwn.com
> file either.
>
> It seems the system shuts down OK. But there are no messages at the
> end of the operator log, just the lastest timestamp message.
>
> It's really wierd.
>
> Any thoughts/guesses would be appreciated...[/color]

Someone using the SHUTDOWN symbol provided in SYSTEM's LOGIN.COM instead
of "@SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN"?

D.J.D.